Jeff Garlin Quotes
Directing is really my favorite thing to do, but if I never directed again, I'd be okay if all the work I did was good.
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The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
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If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.
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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
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Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.
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I don't think I am that materialistic, actually. Obviously at home in the country the art collection is important, but we have one big room in the middle of the house where we do everything - the television, the kitchen, everything.
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Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're too good. Problem is, what they're doing is conditioning kids to merely accept the culture at hand. But the rebels won't accept it.
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There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.
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I am a geek. I am an otaku.
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Directing is really my favorite thing to do, but if I never directed again, I'd be okay if all the work I did was good.
